Device for raising and lowering awnings



(No Model.) i JJG'REENBERG & E. E. LUOAS.,

DEVICE FOR R-AisING AND LOWERING AWNINGS.

N0. 292,216 Patented Jan. 22, 1884.

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-' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB GREENBERG AND; EMIL E. 'r ucnslorv PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR RAlsl NG AND LowERme AWNINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,216, dated January 22, 1884.

- Application filed June 5, 1883. (N0 model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAcoB GREENBERG and EMIL E. LUCAS, both of Peoria, in the county of Peoria, in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Device for Raising and Lowering Awnings; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, in which like letters of reference re- Y Our improvements relate particularly to the means for turning the roller aforesaid, and thus raising and lowering the awning.

In the drawings, R is the roller upon which the canvas composing the awning is wound.

V is one of the brackets fastened to the wall of the building to support the roller R.

The box H, fastened to the side of the building, within easy reach of any one desiring to adjust the awning, serves as bearings for-the axle A, upon which is keyed or otherwise secured the chain-wheel W. One end of said axle is fitted to receive the crank-arm K, and the other end is shaped into apolygonal head, B. This head is in Fig. 2 shown to be square; but it may be flat, as in Fig. 3, hexagonal, as in Fig. 4D, or any other regular polygon in section. At the extreme end of this'head Bis an eye, E, made large enough to allow a padlock to be locked therein. A simple pin would serve the purpose; but to prevent meddling fingers from interfering, we adapt, as shown, a padlock to have its hook inserted in said eye E. The latch D, pivoted or hinged at one end by a staple, F, to the outside of the box H, has at its free end an opening fitted to receive the head B, Rotation of thewheel Wis transvided with projections to prevent the said endless chain 0 from slipping about the wheels. In place of such a chain and wheels, sprocket wheels and detachable link chains may, be

used, or an endless cord and grooved wheels.

In using our awning-hoisting. device the latch D is removed from the head 13, and by means of the crank-arm K the axle A and its chain-wheel WV are revolved in the correct direction to wind up or unwind, as desired, the awning-canvas. When the awning reaches the position wished, the latch D is slipped upon the head B. The padlock, being inserted through the eye E and locked therein, prevents the said latch from coming off from the head B.

Sin ce the opening D of the latch D fits about the head B, and the other end of said latch is held by the staple F, the axle A, and thereby the wheel W, chain-wheel W, and roller B, are all retained immovably in their desired position.

What we claim as our invention, and for which we desire Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

1. In a device for raising and lowering awnings, the axle A, having polygonal head B, wheel W, and suitable bearings, in combination with the latch D, having opening D to fit said head B, and means for preventing said latch from slipping off from said head, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The wheel W and axle A, having head B and eye F, in combination with suitable frame, and the latch D, swiveled thereto and forth. V

3. An awning-roller, R, having wheel W, and the axle A, havingwheel WV, whereby to transmit its motion of rotation to said rollerwheel W through a suitable chain, in combi nation with frame or box H, staple F, and the latch D, having openingD', for receiving a pohaving'the opening D, for the purpose set lygonal or prismatic head formed at the end of said axle, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

4. The axle A, having head B, with eye E 5 therein, and the crank-arm K, in combination with the box H, staple F, latch D, hav- \Vitnesses:

ing opening D, wheels \V V, and chain 0, JUDsoN STARR,

substantially as and for the purpose specified. RICHD. A. GOLDSBROUGH.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing invention we have hereunto set our hands this 10 25th day of May, 1883.

JACOB GREENBERG. EMIL E. LUCAS. 

